Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/12

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Subject: Re: [Leica] chrome R8 and 180 ROM still for sale
From: dmorton@journalist.co.uk (David Morton)
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 1:53 +0100 (PDT)
 
Martin V. Howard wrote:

> How can something that has been used be MINT+ ?!??  I thought the
> definition of "mint" was that is appeared as a coin fresh from the mint,
> i.e., never used (bascially never touched either).

Even if the item *hasn't* been used, it's manifestly nonsense to describe
it as mint+, unless it's somehow been 'improved' over the original
brand-new condition.